Should we be thinking of setting up a system similar to that on Zooarch; they have a "bonecommons" site where they mount their photos etc.? It also means that no attachments are allowed on the list itself which must be a help to people who don't have a fast broadband or are not interested in that particular period/region. Photos can then be of good quality - 'shrinking' them can lose useful features obviously. I'd be happy to ask Umberto how they do it if there was enough interest (we are nowhere near as list- active as bone people!!) but am not volunteering necessarily to do more than that.
re the 'seeds'- ????small pointed Olive???? Surface texture looks ok but it's not circular in section; flattened on one face so maybe one of several in the original fruit - so perhaps Rosaceae - are there long Cotoneasters? You can tell it's not my geographical or period comfort zone!
best wishes
Jacqui
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Jacqui Huntley
English Heritage NE Regional Science Advisor
Honorary Research Associate, Department of Archaeology
University of Durham
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Can I ask list members to try and minimise the size of photos they send around the list for identification??? Recentlyu I have received a lot of emails requesting identification with huge photo sizes that can take a long time to download and can clog up my email system. How about shrinking them in the future?
Andy
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From: The archaeobotany mailing list on behalf of Ivanka Todorova Slavova
Sent: Fri 28/05/2010 5:17 AM
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Subject: identification
Dear List Members,
I would like to know if someone can help me identify the attached seeds. They are found in a Early Medieval settlement (7-9 centure A.D.) in Southeast Bulgaria.
Thank You in advance!
Ivanka Slavova